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being made entirely of cloth, is partly composed 

 of two half-inch pine boards, eight inches 

 wide, hinged together, and extending the width 

 of the platform, to which the inner board is 

 fastened by strong hinges ; the rest of the wing, 

 which is equal in width to the others, is of 

 cloth, and all the wings are joined together by 

 angle-pieces of the same material. A border of 

 sheet-lead, three inches in height, is to be tacked 

 completely around the outside edge of the box, 

 and inclined outwards, as the flare of a boat, ■ to 

 throw off any little ripple that might otherwise 

 wash into the box. Across the head, and about 

 half-way round the sides, where the tendency of 

 the waves to wash in is always greatest, a 

 second circular rim of lead four inches high, as 

 a double precaution, should also be fastened and 

 flared like the other. This outside rim should be 

 placed about fifteen inches from the end of the 

 box. A short rope, about six feet in length, is 

 fastened at each end, about three feet apart, to 

 the cross-timber at the head of the box, to the 

 middle of which rope the anchor-line is attached. 

 A second anchor is also sometimes used, which 

 should be fastened to the foot of the platform. 

 This, however, except in very shallow water, is 



